Hoa Lu Cave Traditional Festival

On the morning of February 19, at the national historical and cultural relic of Hoa Lu Cave, Gia Hung Commune (Gia Vien) held the traditional festival of Hoa Lu Cave (also known as Thung Lau, Thung Ong). Attending the opening ceremony and offering incense were leaders of several departments, branches, and localities; leaders of Gia Vien District, along with people and tourists.

Every year, Gia Hung commune organizes a traditional festival with incense offering and palanquin procession activities at Dinh Trai, Hoa Lu cave and Thung La temple from the 10th to the 13th of January to show the respect of local people and visitors to King Dinh and those who have contributed to the country.

Hoa Lu Cave Traditional Festival — Delegates offer incense at King Dinh Tien Hoang Temple.

With the moral of "remembering the source of water", the festival is solemnly organized by the locality and community with many rituals, processions, and folk cultural and artistic activities such as: flag-raising exercises, lion dances, cheo singing, chess competitions and cultural exchange programs..., creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere for the large number of people and visitors attending the festival.

Hoa Lu Cave (also known as Thung Lau, Thung Ong). In the past, General Dinh Tien Hoang used Hoa Lu cave as a place to train soldiers and recruit soldiers. After defeating and subduing 12 warlords, Dinh Tien Hoang proclaimed himself Van Thang Vuong, establishing Dai Co Viet - the first centralized feudal state of our country. Hoa Lu Cave was recognized as a national historical and cultural relic in 1996.

Located in the middle of Hoa Lu cave is the temple worshiping King Dinh Tien Hoang and the Dinh dynasty's civil and military council. Behind King Dinh's temple is the temple worshiping Zen master Nguyen Minh Khong - a person who made great contributions to the country's construction.

Hoa Lu Cave Traditional Festival is a traditional cultural activity, inheriting and promoting the fine cultural identity of the Vietnamese people. This is an opportunity for people and tourists from all over to respectfully offer incense, remember their roots, remember the merits of building and defending the country, and creating villages and communes.

At the same time, it is also an opportunity to organize cultural and artistic exchange activities in the area. Organizing the Hoa Lu traditional festival aims to promote and preserve the precious traditional culture that has existed for a long time.

This is also an opportunity for people to contribute ideas and efforts to renovate, embellish and build historical relics to become more spacious and beautiful, so that the festival becomes more and more diverse, attracting a large number of people and tourists from all over the world to attend the festival.

Phuong Anh-Minh Quang

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